Date Query in Access Project

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How do I write a WHERE statement to pull records for "Today" only. Is there
one, or do I have to do it with VBA?
 
WHERE MyDateField = Date()

(Replace MyDateField with the appropriate field name)

Note that if MyDateField contains time as well as date (because of using Now
to populate it, for instance), you need to use either

WHERE DateValue(MyDateField) = Date()

or

WHERE MyDateField BETWEEN Date() AND Date() + 1

(the latter is more efficient)
 
I get an error message with each. "'date' is not a recognized function name
and 'datevalue' is not a recognized function name.
 
Your references are probably messed up.

This can be caused by differences in either the location or file version of
certain files between the machine where the application was developed, and
where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the target
machine). Such differences are common when new software is installed.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you
just unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile All Modules), go back in
and reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out
of the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If
that doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected
references as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out
of the dialog, then go back in and reselect the references you just
unselected. (NOTE: write down what the references are before you delete
them, because they'll be in a different order when you go back in)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReferenceErrors.html
 
I did the easy part, but that hasn't worked, so I will dig a little deeper to
see if the other suggestions work and check back with you.
 
As far as I can tell, references don't seem to be the problem. I found the
arguments "datepart" and "getdate" are acceptable functions, but I am not
getting the complete days results - probably because of the time factor. It
is confusing to determine the sytax for the query. I don't want to enter the
parameters, I just want it to always be today's date. The SQL statements are
clear, but it doesn't say how to write it for the query.
 
I solved the problem. Turns out I was using the wrong kind of query. There
are three kinds. I needed to have a "View". Today() doesn't work, but Date()
and Now() work.
 
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